This is the class blog for Eng 1102 at GA Tech called "Fiction, Human Rights, and Social Responsibility." The purpose of this blog is to extend our discussion beyond the classroom and to become aware of human rights issues that exist in the world today and how technology has played a role in either solving or aggravating them. Blogs will be a paragraph long (250 words) and students will contribute once every three weeks according to class number. Entries must be posted by Friday midnight.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Women's Rights in India

NPR released an article about a
gang rape in India that brought to my attention the horrifying lack of women’s
rights in the country. In India, social
classes are so distinguished that members of the upper class feel that it is their
right to be able to rape women of the lower class called the “Untouchables.” It
is unbelievable how Indian men use rape as a weapon to exert their dominance
over the lower caste. It is actually widespread belief that in order for rape
to occur, the woman has to encourage the man or else nothing would occur. Also,
after the rape, the woman gets disowned from her society because people frown
on the fact she was raped even though it wasn’t her choice. India needs to stop
forcing so much blame on their women and start holding their men accountable
for their actions, and stop the growing caste division so even the poor are
viewed as humans.

The population of women in recent
generations is lessening because families are choosing to abort female fetuses.
Indian society is worsening in the fact that women are becoming undervalued as
people. There are even potential laws going into effect that prohibit women
from wearing jeans and using cellphones. Even though these rules seem petty at
first, who is to say that India will stop at that. If the government can make
these dehumanizing laws now they will just get more horrible unless people act
to put a stop to it now.